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The Truth.

“All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.”  ~ Galileo Galilei.

 

The truth

There exists in the beyond a place,
Of no existence of time or space,
Within me deeper than my sorrow,
Belonging to no past or morrow.

Where the heart is pure and the word is weak,
Peaceful and eternal are the waters of the creek,
I will bathe my conscience and elevate my mind,
I will let go all impurity and outside poisonous bind.

This miracle is a place of divine essence,
Of these glowing waters I feel the presence;
For within me they use no words of woman or man,
For within me it magically emerges my life plan.

I meet no quarrels or disputes here,
The ego of myself and others I don’t hear.
The fete, the fountain of eternal youth;
For all here is the discovery of The Truth.

~ Asa.

Truth lights the heart and clears the mind

 

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The Way…

“The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.”  ~ William Arthur Ward; American inspirational writer and poet.

“A good teacher is a determined person.”  ~ Gilbert Highet; Scottish-American classicist, academic, writer, intellectual, critic and literary historian.

To guide somebody with sincerity and truth is to really love yourself and that other person, because in this process you are putting yourself in the shoes of another, you are walking with another, and experiencing an awakening of sorts with another, and this is a deeper connection. 

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But most people tend to judge other people and force them to see the truth, through heated arguments, through competitions of who is right and who is wrong, through displays of knowledge and all sorts of egotistical nonsense.

And therein lies the problem. Seeing the truth, choosing the truth and living it is not a desire you can introduce in others by force, but it is an experience which the other person at some point awakens to.

A person with good intentions and the heart for teaching others is a mere guide, a beacon which lights the way over the rough waters, a pointer of the truth; and so, one must not argue with others and think that the responsibility of making that other person see the truth is his, for this is the ego aggrandizing itself and distancing itself from the loving intention to help others.


The guidance and heartfelt desire to help someone develop himself is a strong character of wisdom and maturity; however, if you just desire to show off and display your understanding or knowledge unto others, then, you have been swallowed by the illusion of your own oversized ego.

 Think in terms of sharing the truth and your own experience with your example, perhaps, too, with kind and honest words; but do not see it as giving lessons or shaping the individual’s character or ways of thinking, because that is not your responsibility nor your mission in life.
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Let it go, let the others be as they are; their own experiences carry the responsibility of shaping their characters, and not your massive ego.

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Breaking the chain.

“Toxic relationships of any kind not only make us unhappy; they corrupt our attitudes and dispositions in ways that undermine healthier relationships and prevent us from realizing how much better things can be.”  ~ Michael Josephson; American law professor, attorney, public speaker on ethics, businessman, and entrepreneur.

“Save your skin from the corrosive acids from the mouths of toxic people.  Someone who just helped you to speak evil about another person can later help another person to speak evil about you.”  ~ Israelmore Ayivor; Ghanaian inspirational writer, blogger, public speaker, and LifeSkills Entrepreneur.

 

If one truly desires to better one’s own life and elevate the mind through peace and self-love, then one must choose people carefully, or choose the time to be spent and the interaction one has with people.

There is no middle; either you are fully committed to better yourself, your thoughts, your behavior, your life, or you are lazy and ignorant enough to remain in the same place in your life all the time without any higher goals.  It is always your choice and not your surroundings.

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But your choice and your passion may be influenced by the people around you, by the conversations, by the arguments; and, furthermore, specially influenced by the people you love or befriend, so you must tread carefully and not engage with toxic or negative people.

Toxic or negative people are individuals who put you down in any way, who gossip about others, who complain a lot, who always blame others, who do not fully respect your imagination and way of thinking, who are lazy themselves, who mistreat others, etc. etc.

 

It is extremely important that you do not spend your time with these people, choose wisely even if they are family; that is, do not avoid them if in fact they are family and you love them, but do not absorb what they preach, and specially do not fall into their arguments, into their traps.
Accept them as they are, do not try to change their thinking, just smile and walk away.  Be aware that self-love and your development is crucial in your life, and for all success and happiness, and that is why you must not let toxic arguments and emotions invade the holiness of your temple.

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Your own mind must be pure and elevated, so only worry about that and not about others.  Analyze this wisdom and become it.

 

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The Greatest Sage.

“Discard everything that does not spark joy.”  ~ Marie Kondo; Japanese organizing consultant and author.

“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.  Don’t be trapped by dogma, which is living with the results of other people’s thinking.  Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice.  And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.”  ~ Steve Jobs; American entrepreneur, business magnate, inventor, and industrial designer.

 

People are either of ordinary thinking or of a higher thinking, good, loving people even:

Ordinary thinking ones will always feel jealous of others, perhaps without realizing it, and live in fear, because they cannot understand that life changes by the mind one has, so they believe that life changes due to external conditions–economy, neighborhood, president, and so forth. 

Higher or extraordinary thinking ones will always see life with a positive outlook because that is their character, and even though they may be poor or unsuccessful in their own lives they will support and wish well for others.

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One may be born in a family of ordinary thinking, in an atmosphere of emotional neglect and fear-mongering; however, your mind is what truly changes your life and not your external conditions or surroundings, so in order to follow your dreams uninterruptedly you must focus in you internal environment, and whenever you hear negative or mediocre talk in your external environment make sure your attention remains within and not without.

 

Small minds, ordinary thinking, are there to challenge you, to make you stronger; so, even though these small minds do not realize it, they are a source of strength for you, and as long as you have this in mind you will grow and your mind will achieve great things.

A great mind then will drive you forth by creating really strong and intense feelings within you that will mold your behaviors to design your better reality and access the wiser you.  The purpose of a great mind is to raise above the mediocrity and self-pity we may all feel at some point in our individual lives, and also it is to shut out all the noise and opinions of the people around you, such people who may be your loves ones or society in general.

Stop waiting for approval or for the support of others, take charge of your life and become the Master of your life; and the Master always stands out from the crowd by making his own rules, by creating his own path, by not giving in to self-pity and pressures from outside himself, and by not following or leaning on others for the design of his life.  The Master knows that the path is the Warrior’s individual design, by molding his thoughts, by not letting small minds interfere with his vision, by embracing his greater destiny the Master becomes the Greatest Sage.

 

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Retire daily to a quiet place, analyze things, plan your moves, build your life step by step.  Your mind is the base to build your desired life, so don’t forget that.

The key here is patience and perseverance while you allow your attention to focus on your internal environment and not on your external one…

 

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As pure gold.

“To free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves—there lies the great, singular power of self-respect.”  ~ Joan Didion; American journalist and writer of novels, plays, screenplays, and autobiographical works.

“That you may retain your self-respect, it is better to displease the people by doing what you know is right, than to temporarily please them by doing what you know is wrong.”  ~ William J. H. Boetcker; German minister and motivational speaker.


 
As pure gold
 
As the concealed mysteries of the deep seas,
As the creatures which no eyes have ever seen,
There is the glorious purity of your soul
As profound and valuable as pure gold;
For it is in thee that life is appreciated,
For it is in thee that such is elevated.
 
All the kind people one loves and cherishes
May be as the light bulb which flickers in the dark,
The light which changes intensity as mood,
The light which guides and obscures the truth.
They may ask and demand, rob you of your option,
Where the light is faint, where truth is distortion.
 
The rose blooms under the light of the warm Sun;
You and I develop under the warmth of self-respect.
To master the space and the planets is nothing;
To master the Eternal Love in thee is everything.
Why give knowing that they will just take and take…??
If you always give, play the fool, your love is fake.
 
The repeated mistakes of good and decent people,
To give and forgive about the love for themselves,
To expect the beast to change when it lives by instinct.
But to love oneself is the glorious purity of your soul,
To know that you are as profound and valuable as pure gold.
 
~ Asa.
Don't you know yet...__Your light shines by beingnourished with self-love.Enrich yourself first, not others.

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Live free.

“Misery loves good company, so if you are surrounded with drama, gossip, and fools, you may want to consider that you are presently at risk of becoming one of them.”  ~ Bryant McGill; social entrepreneur, activist, and motivational author.

In order to experience unique growth in life as the individual you are, there must exist harmony and peace in your daily living; but if you are always surrounding yourself with drama and all sorts of nonsense, either from family, friends, or society overall, you will not grow and elevate your mind in wisdom and vision to realize your dreams and goals.

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Allow your attention to shift to themes, news, conversations, people which can help you in your individual journey; all things which can empower you and give you a deeper understanding of life.

This is indubitably self-love, because what you are doing is caring and giving attention to your true self and to relevant data and positive energy to push you forward and help you create your own path in life.

Remember, absolutely no one can do this for you, but only you can.

So dare to step out of your ego and its comfort, choose the people around you, or watch carefully the time you give to this people, it doesn’t matter who they are and how much they say they love you.  Is about self-love. 

It is about you and your growth in life, not about other people.


So, pay attention to this, worry about your own individual progress.

Opposite to what religions teach nowadays, true spirituality is individual growth, true spirituality is self-love.  This is the real teaching of Jesus, Buddha, Lao Tzu, Muhammad, etc., beyond all religious poison and biased translations of scriptures.

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Everlasting…

“You come to love not by finding the perfect person, but by seeing an imperfect person perfectly.”  ~ Sam Keen; author, professor and philosopher.

“Love is happy when it is able to give something.  The ego is happy when it is able to take something.”  ~ Osho; Indian mystic, guru, and spiritual teacher.

 

All human experience is based upon true love, or the essence of love; however, the ego always wants to design opinions and interpretations, it wants to deviate the experience–i,.e., give that experience different qualities, feel, concepts, etc. And when it comes to relationships specially, the ego comes suddenly and focuses on the superficiality which has nothing to do with true love.

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The fact is that in any relationship, whenever you allow your attention to center on the flaws (which all human beings have) you are tied to think about those same flaws, your mind then suffers and becomes violent, and soon you create emotions which do not help but make everything worse in your life.

But when you focus on the positive behaviors or traits of the other person, then your mind frees itself from any suffering, your emotions help you experience happiness in each moment, and opportunities and life in general seem more enjoyable in all aspects.

On top of that, because you are focused on the good now, with your loving acceptance and example you pave the way for guiding yourself and the other person towards fixing those flaws or becoming better in the relationship.   This is the magic of true love.

 

Beyong the ego

Love does not exist

Within the ego’s mist.

True love is beyond opinion and want,

Beyond the selfish taunt.

It is not of this time and space,

Not even of the body and face;

True love is the essence of deep care,

Of our physical lives the same air.

                                                              ~ Asa

True love cannot exist if you judge or focus on the flaws of your partner, friend, or family member. True love is like a flame_

 

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The road less traveled.

“Honesty is the fastest way to prevent a mistake from turning into a failure.”  ~ James Altucher; American hedge fund manager, entrepreneur, best-selling author, venture capitalist, and podcaster.

“Treat those who are good with goodness, and also treat those who are not good with goodness.  Thus goodness is attained.  Be honest to those who are honest, and be also honest to those who are not honest.  Thus honesty is attained.”   ~ Lao Tzu.

 

What does honesty mean…??  Can there be honesty–that is, clear insight, seeing things as they are–if there is a principle, an ideal, an ennobled formula…??   Can one be direct if there is confusion…??  Can there be beauty if there is the standard of what is beautiful or upright…??  When there is this division between what is and what should be, can there be honesty, or only an edifying and respectable dishonesty…?? 

Quite often being truly honest with people, and even with yourself, is the enemy of a lazy and mediocre ego; that is why most people tend to live their lives based not upon true honesty, either with themselves or others–i.e., they smoke while always telling themselves they will quit, they eat anything they want while lying about eating healthier, they keep secrets in their relationships, etc.

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Being truly honest is the road less traveled then, but it is the road to peace and self-love within yourself; because this process of honesty with yourself and with others brings right thoughts which bring inner strength to be truly unique, and it attracts more people like you via more positive energy, it empowers you in your own life.

To be honest means to have no illusions and confusions between the reality that is and what our ego/our crooked desire wants.  To get ahead in life, people’s ego makes them feel like they have to deceive and even design “small” lies; however, this is cowardice and a loss of purpose, because to be truly intelligent is to be driven by truth and a determinant focus on your daily goals, and to have these traits you have to embrace truth, if you embrace truth your whole human experience changes and there is no room for lies or “small” deceptions.

And to be honest and truthful in a society which is crooked and twists all truth to its whim, is rather difficult and rare; but it is the sign that we are ready to take on bigger challenges in life, because life is wisdom and is always testing us to remain firm and truthful in adversity.

Being honest and truthful to yourself and to others will always attract the right opportunities into your life, if you are patient and determinate enough to reach your daily goals.

 

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Without chains.

“When I am able to resist the temptation to judge others, I can see them as teachers.”  ~ Gerald Jampolsky; psychiatrist and author.
“The ability to observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence.”  ~ Jiddu Krishnamurti; spiritual teacher, philosopher, and author.

We should never judge others and what they’re going through, because even though our thinking might tell us that we understand, such thinking is never the experience itself; so, in order to really understand, one must listen without judgement in one’s own thoughts.

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The way one experiences a challenge in life is going to be different than the experience someone else has, because it is the human mind which translates the experience.


The human mind works differently in each one of us–i.e., when something is deeply challenging to someone, that same something might be not as deeply challenging to someone else, or vice-versa.

Misunderstandings and personalities driven by pure ego are the main reasons for broken friendships and all more intimate relationships, and this obviously happens because people judge without really listening and opening their hearts to a higher intelligence.

The highest intelligence is not in the brain, is not the I.Q.–i.e., the I.Q. only recognizes similar patterns and solves problems based on books and the experiences it has gone through, so it judges purely on these terms; however, the human condition, human experience, goes deeper than what can be analyzed by books and by cold patterns and measures from thought. 


Never assume that knowing the psychology of someone entitles you to know and judge that person and the way he thinks exactly.  Experiences and the way the mind goes through them is very different for each of us.

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The Law.

“There’s a natural law of karma that vindictive people, who go out of their way to hurt others, will end up broke and alone.”  ~ Sylvester Stallone; actor, producer, and director.

“Change is the only universal law.”  ~ Egyptian footballer.

 

There are many people in the world who do no realize that life is progress, change, adaptation; thus, this people seem to choose to remain attach to memories of events, objects, ways of living, beliefs, ideas, and even to people who are not in their lives anymore. 

Attachment to these memories is extremely foolish and unwise, not only because you go against the natural forward flow of life, but because you spread poison into the lives of the ones around you.  Remember, you guide others with your example; and if you are stuck in a belief, a memory, or a lifestyle, then you carry no real light in your example.

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Carry the light of thriving change, of great adaptation, and transform your life and the life of others around you.

In adaptation to all these changes there is great wisdom hidden, because this is the way life itself teaches wisdom, through change, through new perspectives, through minds which can let go of stupid and old dogmas and beliefs, cultural habits and lifestyles.

Whosoever adapts to change and learns from this change without disturbing the peace of others, respecting the way others choose to live, indeed, he is enlightened.

 

Bruce Lee puts it so beautifully when he talks about the mind in change, adaptation, in this quote: “You must be shapeless, formless, like water.  When you pour water in a cup, it becomes the cup.  When you pour water in a bottle, it becomes the bottle.  When you pour water in a teapot, it becomes the teapot.  Water can drip and it can crash. Become like water my friend.”

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